How to use your hips and head for a perfect take-off (pop-up)

We've had two requests from regular readers just in the past week to repost this how-to vid. And while for sure it's a little daggy, it's also on the money.

None of us really think much about jumping to our feet right? If you’ve been surfing for any length of time it’s just second nature – muscle memory. 

But, if you’re maybe getting on a bit, or if you’ve had an injury of some sort, you might find yourself blowing a few more take-offs than you used to?

So check this out, there’s a couple of handy hints in here we thought – like keeping your head up higher than your bum, and swivelling those hips a bit – and you’ll once again be the gun of the steep drop.

We repost it here every six months or so anyway, and we always get a bunch of good feedback on it - so let's go again.